UKU-tide Ho-LELE-day Mood
A Solo Fingerstyle Ukulele Christmas Album
Dear beloved families & friends,
Christmas is personally very dear to me, season of love, peace, joy. I always picture it as a cozy holiday where I could spend more time with my loved ones. I'm excited that the season that I've been waiting for 10 months is finally here again.
About ukulele, it's an amazing & cute instrument that asociates well with joy. It's perhaps the smallest orchestral instrument.
Jazz, is the music I love. It expresses freedom in creativity, groovy, fresh, exploration in many possibilities.
Last October I had a plan to make those three combined, a jazzy Christmas mood through solo fingerstyle ukulele.
I really thank God I managed to get everything done just in time. With the help of my church friends Joel Zhou & Tuck Weng I managed to get satisfying recording & mixing done. I'm also very grateful for Santy, my loving wife's help in making the artwork that looks cozy & warm.
They are Christmas carols you know, but with some personal "playful & soulful" jazzy interpretation which I hope to bring refreshing mood.
I hope that this album will brighten your Christmas experience wherever you are, be it at home with your family, driving your car, reading book, having some coffee in a cafe (like what my artwork pictures, but you're not the Santa), etc.
May the Christmas Spirit always be with you.
Merry Christmas,
Daniel Purnomo
Some Christmas performance in Orchard Road, Singapore 2018